inched higher, with three - month rates up to 0.63769 percent from Tuesday's 0.63692 percent and
overnight dollar rates edging up to 0.31846 percent from 0.31769 percent.
Not exact matches
As the RBA's operational target for monetary policy and the reference
rate for OIS (
overnight index swap) and other financial contracts, the cash
rate is the risk - free interest
rate benchmark for the Australian
dollar.
In what's been a positive
overnight session for the Kiwi the New Zealand
dollar opens 0.3 percent higher this morning at a
rate of 0.7583.
Among the major seven currencies (eight if you include the New Zealand
dollar (NZD)-RRB-, the upper - bound
overnight rates for each are as follows (also sometimes called benchmark or cash
rates):
While the Fed is still maintaining an effective
overnight lending
rate near zero percent, the central bank has not been acquiring Treasuries with additional electronic
dollars to stimulate the U.S. economy.
The BoC's announcement last week, that it will hold the
overnight rate, is a strong signal: Our national bank is content to allow the Canadian
dollar to weaken.
The FED does not target the supply of
dollars but rather targets the
rate banks charge each other for
overnight reserves.
Rising Global Equity Markets Pressure
Dollar Overnight Stronger global equity markets are contributing to the weakness in the
Dollar as traders are once again increasing demand for more risky assets after reassessing U.S. economic data and the odds of an interest
rate increase by the Federal Reserve.
Profit - taking
overnight led to a lower opening, but news that S&P lowered the credit
rating of Spain helped the
Dollar limit losses.
If you decide to
overnight, you can book a Junior suite ocean front (all - Inclusive) at very tempting weekend prices especially given today's exchange
rates MXN to USD / CAD
dollar.